TVS Motor Company has launched its first electric scooter iQube on Saturday, priced at Rs 1.15 lakh (ex-showroom, Karnataka). The e-scooter is available for booking at an amount of Rs 5,000 at select dealerships and online as well, informed the two-wheeler major in a release.
The TVS iQube electric scooter will go on sale in Bengaluru from 27th January 2020.Available in white colour, TVS iQube Electric gets LED headlamps, LED tail lamps and sports an illuminating logo. The zero-emission scooter comes with connected feature like TVS SmartXonnect. It gets advanced TFT cluster and a dedicated app that offers features like geofencing, remote battery charge status, navigation assist, last park location, incoming call alerts/SMS alerts etc.
It is powered by a 4.4 kW electric motor that offers a top speed of 78 kmph and a range of 75 kms on a single charge. The iQube Electric can accelerate 0-40 kmph in 4.2 seconds.
Commenting on the launch of this scooter, Venu Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Motor Company, said, “TVS Motor is driven by customer-Centric Innovation. As India moves ahead, its mobility solutions would increasingly be total experience-led, nowhere is this felt sharper than among the youth of India
He also added, “Our focus on the ‘Green & Connected’ youth of India, is embodied, in the first of the TVS Electric portfolio. TVS iQube Electric is a blend of an advanced electric drivetrain and the next-gen TVS SmartXonnect platform